Sachin Tendulkar Welcomes ICC’s ‘Super Over’ Rule Change
Sachin Tendulkar commended the International Cricket Council (ICC) for amending the rule in case of a tie in knockout games of tournaments such as the World Cup. The ICC scrapped the boundary count rule that was used in the World Cup 2019 final to adjudge the winners, leading to...
Happy Birthday Jacques Kallis – One Of World’s Best All-Rounders Of All Time
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis was born on 16 October 1975 in Cape Town. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, Kallis is considered to be one of the greatest all-round cricketers of all time. To date, he is the only international cricketer to score more than 10,000 runs...
Vijay Shankar Trolled Badly For Sharing A Body Transformation Picture
Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar was trolled for sharing a body transformation picture on social media.
"The sweat, the time, the devotion. It pays off! #TransformationTuesday," Vijay Shankar captioned the photo on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday.
An all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace last played for India in...
Sourav Ganguly Introduces New BCCI Team On Twitter
Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, who will take over as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on October 23, shared a picture with all the men who will hold key positions in the board.
In the picture, Ganguly can be seen with...
Great Signs For Indian Cricket – Virender Sehwag
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is all set to become the next chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the affiliated units of the cricket board unanimously selected his name for the top post.
On Tuesday, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag congratulated Ganguly and said...
Mitchell Marsh Fractures His Hand After Punching Dressing-Room Wall
Mitchell Marsh, the Australian all-rounder, broke his hand after punching a dressing-room wall in frustration during Western Australia's Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania on Sunday.
In the bargain, the son of former Australian opener, Geoff Marsh, fractured his right hand, ruling him out of cricket for six weeks. The Western...
Phil Simmons Makes A Comeback As West Indies Head Coach
The former all-rounder of West Indies Phil Simmons, who was the coach of the team, was controversially removed from his position for three years. But, now he is back as a coach with a new contract which is valid for four years. He was competing with two other shortlisted...
Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara And Muttiah Muralitharan To Participate In An Indian T20 Tournament
Sachin Tendulkar, Brain Lara, and Jonty Rhodes, among others, will participate in the Road Safety World Series in India during February 2-16, 2020. Being planned as an annual T20 tournament, this World Series will feature retired cricketers from five countries of Australia, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and West...
Jimmy Neesham Makes A Hilarious Comment On ICC’s New Rule
ICC faced severe criticism about the Super Over's controversial rule during the Cricket World Cup 2019. The rule stated that if a Super Over ends in a tie, then the team that scores more boundaries throughout the match will be declared as the winner.
It was the same rule which...
ICC And BCCI Dispute Over New Future Tours Program
A scheduled meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai on Monday has irked BCCI after the former has been advocating a new Future Tours Program (FTP). If it is passed, the ODI World Cup will be held once every three years and every alternate year, there will...
After Wriddhiman Saha’s Pune Performance, Twitter Sees Barrage of Rishabh Pant Memes
Following Wriddhiman Saha's spectacular performance in India’s second Test against South Africa that ended on Sunday in Pune, cricket fans went gaga.
The Bengal-based cricketer won new fans with his outstanding display of wicket-keeping. It even prompted pacer Umesh Yadav, who made a brilliant comeback, to say that he owed...
BCB Waiting For Security Clearance To Tour Pakistan
After Pakistan successfully hosted a part of the Sri Lankan series on its grounds, it will do so too for the remaining test matches in December.
Now, Bangladesh Women's team is set to tour Pakistan from October 23 to play three T20Is and two ODIs. But, the Bangladesh Cricket Board...
Hackers Bombard Shane Watson’s Twitter And Instagram Account With Obscene Photos
Despite retiring from international cricket, Shane Watson, a former Australian cricketer who represented his country in all formats of the game, he has been going great guns in the T20 formats.
He has been on a roll in the IPL editions of 2018 and 2019. He scored an unbeaten 117...
ICC Discards Boundary Count
On Monday, the ICC stated in a release that it would do away with boundary count for deciding the result of a semi-final or final at an ICC event if the Super Over is tied.
It added, "Instead, the Super Over will be repeated - for as many times as...
CPL 2019 – Chris Jordan Takes A Stunner To Dismiss Jonathan Carter
During the Qualifier 2 of the recently concluded seventh season of the Caribbean Premier League between Trinbago Knight Riders and Barbados Tridents in Trinidad, Barbados Tridents fast bowler Chris Jordan put on display an exceptional fielding effort to dismiss Trinbago Knight Riders batsman Jonathan Carter.
It all happened on the...
Irfan Pathan All Set To Debut In A Tamil Film – Pathan’s Vanakkam To...
Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan is all set to debut in a major role in the forthcoming Tamil film of Vikram. Titled tentatively “Vikram 58”, Ajay Gnanamuthu will direct the movie, which will be produced by Seven Screen Studio of Lalith Kumar.
According to a press release, the film,...
Twitterati Trolls Ravi Shastri After Sourav Ganguly Takes Over As BCCI Chief
It is no secret that Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri have not been on the best of terms since Shastri publicly criticized Ganguly in 2016 for being absent at his interview for the post of head coach of the Indian team. Ganguly responded with as much vehemence.
Although Shastri was...
Virat Kohli And Bowlers Put India In Driver’s Seat
On the fourth day of the Second Test, India needed only five overs after the tea break to wrap up the Test series against South Africa 2-0 in their favor. They took an unassailable lead after they breached the partnership that frustrated them yet again.
With this victory, they created...
A Sad Story Of First-Class Cricketer Fazal Subhan – Fans Slam PCB
A sad story of a Pakistani player came out into the open. It revealed the first-class cricketer Fazal Subhan's struggles after the abolishment of departmental cricket in the South Asian country.
Subhan, who once played for the Pakistan U-19 side, now drives a mini pickup truck to earn a living....
PAKvSL – Sri Lanka Cricket Chief’s Fed Up With Pakistan’s Security Arrangements
Inexperienced Sri Lanka clean swept the top-ranked T20I Pakistan team 3-0. However, the President of Sri Lankan board said that despite tight security, staying in the hotel for a longer time and waiting for the roads to be closed was tough on them.
"The players had to stay inside the...
Happy Birthday Gautam Gambhir – The Architect Of India’s 2011 World Cup Triumph
Gautam Gambhir was born on 14 October 1981 to Deepak Gambhir in New Delhi. A student of the prestigious Modern School in New Delhi, he took to cricket at the age of 10. An alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi, he stayed with his maternal uncle Pawan Gulati,...
Sourav Ganguly To Be The New President Of BCCI – Fans Express Their Happiness
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is set to be appointed as the new President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Ganguly, who is currently the head of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), will be resigning from his post in September 2020.
"Yes, Brijesh was running...
Keshav Maharaj Ruled Out Of The Ranchi Test Due To Shoulder Injury
South African spinner Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out with a shoulder injury from the third and final Ranchi Test against India. The left-arm spinner George Linde has been named as his replacement. Maharaj sustained the injury while fielding on the second day of the Pune Test.
"A re-assessment ahead...
Justin Langer Unsure Of Steve Smith’s Captaincy Role
Steve Smith's ban on leading Australia will end in March, but Coach Justin Langer says that he doesn't want to make a comeback to the Test captaincy. Smith led the team until his suspension for 12 months for the ball-tampering controversy with sandpaper in Cape Town last year.
As a...
INDvsSA: Wriddhiman Saha Stuns Everyone Behind The Stumps
During the morning session of the second Test, Wriddhiman Saha took a one-handed stunner behind the stumps. And later on, he was seen doing a juggling act to knock out Faf du Plessis' of five off 54 deliveries in Pune on Sunday.
It was in the 24th over where Wriddhiman...
Andy Flower Breaks His Bond With England cricket
The former head coach of England Andy Flower who served the country for 12 years with distinction in various roles has decided to leave the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Earlier, in 2007 May, Flower was first named as an assistant coach to Peter Moores, a replacement of Matthew Maynard....
